Ping - Vamp and other Aussies

Hey...I recently have been enjoying a song called "Eagle Rock" by an
Australian band called Daddy Cool. What a great song! I heard it
initially on a Wiggles DVD that I was watching with the kids. The
song stuck with me and I did a little googling and found that it isn't
a Wiggles song at all and that it was #1 for 10 weeks back in 1971. I
hate to admit that I like the Wiggles version of it a little better
(primarily due to lots of backing vocals in the chorus). Captain
Feathersword does a good job on the lead vocal.

On the topic of The Wiggles....those guys are awesome. Great
songwriting and strong musicianship. I know those guys are some of
the highest-earning entertainers in Australia and I can see why.

Anyway, I just figured I'd see if you were familiar with Daddy Cool.

Check out the videos:

The original version:
* w w w .youtube . com /watch?v=oQfAZVsz6KM

The Wiggles version:
* w w w .youtube . com /watch?v=bxXXjT33zRc&NR=1

Mike

On 2008-05-13 23:02:09 +1000, Mike <tetrickm@hotmail . com > said:

> Hey...I recently have been enjoying a song called "Eagle Rock" by an
> Australian band called Daddy Cool. What a great song! I heard it
> initially on a Wiggles DVD that I was watching with the kids. The
> song stuck with me and I did a little googling and found that it isn't
> a Wiggles song at all and that it was #1 for 10 weeks back in 1971. I
> hate to admit that I like the Wiggles version of it a little better
> (primarily due to lots of backing vocals in the chorus). Captain
> Feathersword does a good job on the lead vocal.
>
> On the topic of The Wiggles....those guys are awesome. Great
> songwriting and strong musicianship. I know those guys are some of
> the highest-earning entertainers in Australia and I can see why.
>
> Anyway, I just figured I'd see if you were familiar with Daddy Cool.

Very familiar. In fact I've been known to hang out with Ross Wilson and
his cohorts. Ross is the lead singer of Daddy Cool and also well known
for Mondo Rock back in the 80's as well as a string of others. Eagle
Rock is almost an Australian anthem. Of course it doesn't get much
airplay these days but inevitably it will make an appearance over the
PA at least once in a drunken evening and EVERYBODY knows it . Even the
young'ns. It's a credit to great Australian song writing.

Regarding the Wiggles, yep those guys are making an absolute killing
out of it. Good for them too I say. It might be known that there was a
band called The Cockroaches back in the 80's and one of them was in
that too. He's the light blue Wiggle. They were a bit of a ska/pop
outfit. Not bad but wasn't my cup of tea at the time.

You know, there is an absolute plethora of great Australian rock music
that international shores are yet to experience. Back then it was all
too hard to get our brilliance OS purely because of the distances. Cold
Chisel broke ground by being one of the first, if not *the* first.
Followed by INXS and I'm sure you're all familiar with Michael and the
kids. I have also been known to have been seen hanging out with Michael
at the Arkaba Hotel in Adelaide *before* they made it big. Ahh those
were the days.
:)

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VampX
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Dutifully attacking the underworld!

"VampX" <vampx@thescartissue . com > wrote in message
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> On 2008-05-13 23:02:09 +1000, Mike <tetrickm@hotmail . com > said:
>
>> Hey...I recently have been enjoying a song called "Eagle Rock" by an
>> Australian band called Daddy Cool. What a great song! I heard it
>> initially on a Wiggles DVD that I was watching with the kids. The
>> song stuck with me and I did a little googling and found that it isn't
>> a Wiggles song at all and that it was #1 for 10 weeks back in 1971. I
>> hate to admit that I like the Wiggles version of it a little better
>> (primarily due to lots of backing vocals in the chorus). Captain
>> Feathersword does a good job on the lead vocal.
>>
>> On the topic of The Wiggles....those guys are awesome. Great
>> songwriting and strong musicianship. I know those guys are some of
>> the highest-earning entertainers in Australia and I can see why.
>>
>> Anyway, I just figured I'd see if you were familiar with Daddy Cool.

yep, another guy from that era was billy thorpe.
>
> Very familiar. In fact I've been known to hang out with Ross Wilson and
> his cohorts. Ross is the lead singer of Daddy Cool and also well known for
> Mondo Rock back in the 80's as well as a string of others. Eagle Rock is
> almost an Australian anthem.
almost?
> Of course it doesn't get much airplay these days but inevitably it will
> make an appearance over the PA at least once in a drunken evening and
> EVERYBODY knows it . Even the young'ns. It's a credit to great Australian
> song writing.
>
> Regarding the Wiggles, yep those guys are making an absolute killing out
> of it. Good for them too I say. It might be known that there was a band
> called The Cockroaches back in the 80's and one of them was in that too.
> He's the light blue Wiggle. They were a bit of a ska/pop outfit. Not bad
> but wasn't my cup of tea at the time.

mine neither, but they used to put on a good show at the srawberry hills
hotel. i thought all of them were ex roaches? they also did 50's rock songs.
the allnighters were also playing around the same time, that was a good time
for live music in australian pubs. the zarsoff brothers were a thursrday
night regualr event at the five dock hotel.
>
> You know, there is an absolute plethora of great Australian rock music
> that international shores are yet to experience. Back then it was all too
> hard to get our brilliance OS purely because of the distances. Cold Chisel
> broke ground by being one of the first, if not *the* first.

the easybeats, ac/dc, air supply, LRB all before CC. midnight oil followed.
CC didn't score a record deal in the US, the record company guy missed the
gig, offered J Barnes a jar of cocaine instead, JB threw it in the floor for
the front row of the audience. . the song 'you got nothing i want' was
written about the US market. i only know all this because there was a
specail on the radio the other day and they were mentioning in whose
footsteps CC followed. never been a fan of theirs not because of JB's voice,
their songs were great, but i just couldn't stand the production on their
albums, it sounds like they were recorded too loud, bright and clean.


> Followed by INXS and I'm sure you're all familiar with Michael and the
> kids. I have also been known to have been seen hanging out with Michael at
> the Arkaba Hotel in Adelaide *before* they made it big. Ahh those were the
> days.
> :)
>

it's a shame hunters and collectors never made it, maybe they never looked
for it. would have been good to see the cruel sea, skyhooks, nick barker and
the reptiles or the lime spiders take off. russel morris, the saints as
well, or ed keuper solo. paul kelly has some international acclaim. radio
birdman are known in the US particularly the south. i think RC moonpies said
he saw them.. nick cave is well known pretty much everywhere . stevie
wright's latter career was little known about in the US.

Grinner wrote:

>> Followed by INXS and I'm sure you're all familiar with Michael and the
>> kids. I have also been known to have been seen hanging out with Michael at
>> the Arkaba Hotel in Adelaide *before* they made it big. Ahh those were the
>> days.
>> :)

> it's a shame hunters and collectors never made it, maybe they never looked
> for it. would have been good to see the cruel sea, skyhooks, nick barker and
> the reptiles or the lime spiders take off. russel morris, the saints as
> well, or ed keuper solo. paul kelly has some international acclaim. radio
> birdman are known in the US particularly the south. i think RC moonpies said
> he saw them.. nick cave is well known pretty much everywhere . stevie
> wright's latter career was little known about in the US.

Don't forget Kylie Minogue...

"White Spirit" <wspirit@homechoice.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Grinner wrote:
>
>>> Followed by INXS and I'm sure you're all familiar with Michael and the
>>> kids. I have also been known to have been seen hanging out with Michael
>>> at the Arkaba Hotel in Adelaide *before* they made it big. Ahh those
>>> were the days.
>>> :)
>
>> it's a shame hunters and collectors never made it, maybe they never
>> looked for it. would have been good to see the cruel sea, skyhooks, nick
>> barker and the reptiles or the lime spiders take off. russel morris, the
>> saints as well, or ed keuper solo. paul kelly has some international
>> acclaim. radio birdman are known in the US particularly the south. i
>> think RC moonpies said he saw them.. nick cave is well known pretty much
>> everywhere . stevie wright's latter career was little known about in the
>> US.
>
> Don't forget Kylie Minogue...

I actually edited out the last bit I wrote.
"and everyone knows kylie and dame edna everidge".
kylie speaks with an english accent in english interviews and an australian
accent at home.

Moving Pictures.

rct

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> Moving Pictures.
>
was never a fan.
> rct

Grinner wrote:

> I actually edited out the last bit I wrote.
> "and everyone knows kylie and dame edna everidge".

It's understandable.

> kylie speaks with an english accent in english interviews and an australian
> accent at home.

Yeah, I noticed. Although, her English accent isn't very good. I used
to think she was faking it (in the early days, she certainly was) but
I've noticed a lot of people who spend time away from home have the
tendency to change accent depending on the situation.

"White Spirit" <wspirit@homechoice.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Grinner wrote:
>
>> I actually edited out the last bit I wrote.
>> "and everyone knows kylie and dame edna everidge".
>
> It's understandable.
>
>> kylie speaks with an english accent in english interviews and an
>> australian accent at home.
>
> Yeah, I noticed. Although, her English accent isn't very good. I used to
> think she was faking it (in the early days, she certainly was) but I've
> noticed a lot of people who spend time away from home have the tendency to
> change accent depending on the situation.

except for the gerat man himself... rolf harris.

Grinner wrote:

> "White Spirit" <wspirit@homechoice.co.uk> wrote in message

>> Yeah, I noticed. Although, her English accent isn't very good. I used to
>> think she was faking it (in the early days, she certainly was) but I've
>> noticed a lot of people who spend time away from home have the tendency to
>> change accent depending on the situation.

> except for the gerat man himself... rolf harris.

Heheh. I liked his art program when I was a kid. I never could quite
get past his rendition of Stairway to Heaven, though.

"White Spirit" <wspirit@homechoice.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Grinner wrote:
>
>> "White Spirit" <wspirit@homechoice.co.uk> wrote in message
>
>>> Yeah, I noticed. Although, her English accent isn't very good. I used
>>> to think she was faking it (in the early days, she certainly was) but
>>> I've noticed a lot of people who spend time away from home have the
>>> tendency to change accent depending on the situation.
>
>> except for the gerat man himself... rolf harris.
>
> Heheh. I liked his art program when I was a kid. I never could quite get
> past his rendition of Stairway to Heaven, though.

neither could robert plant. the show he recently had with the three
different portrait painters and celebrities each week was excellent too.
wonder what liz thought of the portait he did of her?

"Grinner" <grinner@nowhere . com > wrote in message
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>
> "White Spirit" <wspirit@homechoice.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:g0cfab$ro2$1@registered.motzarella.org...
>> Grinner wrote:
>>
>>> "White Spirit" <wspirit@homechoice.co.uk> wrote in message
>>
>>>> Yeah, I noticed. Although, her English accent isn't very good. I used
>>>> to think she was faking it (in the early days, she certainly was) but
>>>> I've noticed a lot of people who spend time away from home have the
>>>> tendency to change accent depending on the situation.
>>
>>> except for the gerat man himself... rolf harris.
>>
>> Heheh. I liked his art program when I was a kid. I never could quite
>> get past his rendition of Stairway to Heaven, though.
>
> neither could robert plant. the show he recently had with the three
> different portrait painters and celebrities each week was excellent too.
> wonder what liz thought of the portait he did of her?
>

Well, he did get a knighthood. I personally thought it was a very good
portrait.

I saw Rolf's night club show in the early 70's, pretty good entertainment.
Pity he causes so much "cultural cringe" in Oz.

Tony D

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> "Grinner" <grinner@nowhere . com > wrote in message
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>>
>> "White Spirit" <wspirit@homechoice.co.uk> wrote in message
>> news:g0cfab$ro2$1@registered.motzarella.org...
>>> Grinner wrote:
>>>
>>>> "White Spirit" <wspirit@homechoice.co.uk> wrote in message
>>>
>>>>> Yeah, I noticed. Although, her English accent isn't very good. I
>>>>> used to think she was faking it (in the early days, she certainly was)
>>>>> but I've noticed a lot of people who spend time away from home have
>>>>> the tendency to change accent depending on the situation.
>>>
>>>> except for the gerat man himself... rolf harris.
>>>
>>> Heheh. I liked his art program when I was a kid. I never could quite
>>> get past his rendition of Stairway to Heaven, though.
>>
>> neither could robert plant. the show he recently had with the three
>> different portrait painters and celebrities each week was excellent too.
>> wonder what liz thought of the portait he did of her?
>>
>
> Well, he did get a knighthood. I personally thought it was a very good
> portrait.
>

i rememmber not liking the background.

> I saw Rolf's night club show in the early 70's, pretty good entertainment.
> Pity he causes so much "cultural cringe" in Oz.

i much prefer him to barry humphries who does make me cringe. rolf's good
value, fun for all the family. exported australiana without any ockerism or
pretension.

On May 13, 10:41 am, "Grinner" <grin...@nowhere . com > wrote:

> I actually edited out the last bit I wrote.
> "and everyone knows kylie and dame edna everidge".

Oddly enough, Kylie Minogue only had one minor hit in the States. I
think it was a cover of "The Locomotion". She's considered a forgotten
one-hit-wonder here. When I was in London a couple of years ago, I was
amazed at her popularity. I even saw Kylie action figures in stores
(wearing a somewhat S&M looking outfit, I might add).

It always amazes me how different countries respond to the same
people. I call it "The Hasselhoff Factor". Who knows, maybe I'm a big
star in Indonesia and don't even know it...

- Rich

"Dr. Zontar" <drzontar@yahoo . com > wrote in message
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On May 13, 10:41 am, "Grinner" <grin...@nowhere . com > wrote:

> I actually edited out the last bit I wrote.
> "and everyone knows kylie and dame edna everidge".

Oddly enough, Kylie Minogue only had one minor hit in the States. I
think it was a cover of "The Locomotion". She's considered a forgotten
one-hit-wonder here. When I was in London a couple of years ago, I was
amazed at her popularity. I even saw Kylie action figures in stores
(wearing a somewhat S&M looking outfit, I might add).

It always amazes me how different countries respond to the same
people. I call it "The Hasselhoff Factor". Who knows, maybe I'm a big
star in Indonesia and don't even know it...

- Rich

Kylie was big in the english club scene and is an icon for gay men strangely
enough, they love her, like abba. as a teenager she was in an aus tv series
called 'neighbours' which was shipped to the uk as well. she had a wholesome
girl next door image ... then she met nick cave. i can understand why the US
didn't cotton on to her. afaic britain can have her. she's a nice enough
person, just had a rather plasitc career. redemptively, she has a very nice
arse on her.